Lauren
@laurenthemself.bsky.social
Does stuff to words. Social justice bard. Queer. Aussie, but not a death spider.
Living and working on Wurundjeri traditional land; sovereignty was never ceded.
#OutliersWriters
Living and working on Wurundjeri traditional land; sovereignty was never ceded.
#OutliersWriters
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On the Couch features Jean Tong - whose new work, Do Not Pass Go, will be presented by Melbourne Theatre Company at the Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, from 14 February - 28 March 2026.
artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:06 AM
On the Couch features Jean Tong - whose new work, Do Not Pass Go, will be presented by Melbourne Theatre Company at the Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, from 14 February - 28 March 2026.
artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch...
artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch...
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DEADLOOOOCH SEASON TWO LET'S FUCKING GOOOO
'He's dead to me.'
'He's dead to everybody because he's fucking dead!'
#Deadloch
DEADLOOOOCH SEASON TWO LET'S FUCKING GOOOO
'He's dead to me.'
'He's dead to everybody because he's fucking dead!'
#Deadloch
Deadloch Season 2 | Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video AU & NZ
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February 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEu3...
DEADLOOOOCH SEASON TWO LET'S FUCKING GOOOO
'He's dead to me.'
'He's dead to everybody because he's fucking dead!'
#Deadloch
DEADLOOOOCH SEASON TWO LET'S FUCKING GOOOO
'He's dead to me.'
'He's dead to everybody because he's fucking dead!'
#Deadloch
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Does AI stand for Asbestos Irritant, because people keep thinking it's good and putting it in things, but it's going to take years to remove it all again and fuck people up along the way?
No actually bc we already know genAI is shit and yet some people still insist on using it 🙃
No actually bc we already know genAI is shit and yet some people still insist on using it 🙃
February 15, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Does AI stand for Asbestos Irritant, because people keep thinking it's good and putting it in things, but it's going to take years to remove it all again and fuck people up along the way?
No actually bc we already know genAI is shit and yet some people still insist on using it 🙃
No actually bc we already know genAI is shit and yet some people still insist on using it 🙃
GIVE ME THIS
(5/5)
LEVEL 7: Sci-fi aliens exhibit a set of genders which appear truly novel, until halfway through the text you suddenly realise that said genders have a 1:1 mapping with "Dungeons & Dragons" character classes.
LEVEL 7: Sci-fi aliens exhibit a set of genders which appear truly novel, until halfway through the text you suddenly realise that said genders have a 1:1 mapping with "Dungeons & Dragons" character classes.
February 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
GIVE ME THIS
Love when a bleary 1 am wee turns into an unexpected spider eviction. I swear when I flicked it out the back door, it came racing back towards the house like it was going to come back inside.
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Love when a bleary 1 am wee turns into an unexpected spider eviction. I swear when I flicked it out the back door, it came racing back towards the house like it was going to come back inside.
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It snowed enough to sculpt a fat little tyrannosaurus today!
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
It snowed enough to sculpt a fat little tyrannosaurus today!
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Hey, amazing you. Love yourself. Love your friends. Love this beautiful world. Love the stories, the games, the tunes & words that bring you joy.
There's leaves on the trees that only just saw sunlight, a cloudshape that will never be repeated, & a blackbird with a shimmering wing - love it all.
❤️
There's leaves on the trees that only just saw sunlight, a cloudshape that will never be repeated, & a blackbird with a shimmering wing - love it all.
❤️
February 14, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Hey, amazing you. Love yourself. Love your friends. Love this beautiful world. Love the stories, the games, the tunes & words that bring you joy.
There's leaves on the trees that only just saw sunlight, a cloudshape that will never be repeated, & a blackbird with a shimmering wing - love it all.
❤️
There's leaves on the trees that only just saw sunlight, a cloudshape that will never be repeated, & a blackbird with a shimmering wing - love it all.
❤️
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All or nothing, the true lover says, and that's the truth of it. My love will never die, he says. He claims eternity. And rightly. How can it die when it's life itself? What do we know of eternity but the glimpse we get of it when we enter in that bond?
February 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
All or nothing, the true lover says, and that's the truth of it. My love will never die, he says. He claims eternity. And rightly. How can it die when it's life itself? What do we know of eternity but the glimpse we get of it when we enter in that bond?
I followed www.cnet.com/tech/service... on turning #Gemini off in #Gmail, but I don't understand why the little 'summarise this email' button is still showing up on individual emails. Plus it's only on one of my Gmail accounts, not both, but they have the same things turned off in settings! Help?!
February 14, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I followed www.cnet.com/tech/service... on turning #Gemini off in #Gmail, but I don't understand why the little 'summarise this email' button is still showing up on individual emails. Plus it's only on one of my Gmail accounts, not both, but they have the same things turned off in settings! Help?!
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discovered some life-changing ttrpg tech during friday’s session: after taking a mid session break, before getting back into the scene, do a sports style locker room interview with each player (in character). it’s 1) funny 2) focusing 3) immediately and personally characterizing
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
discovered some life-changing ttrpg tech during friday’s session: after taking a mid session break, before getting back into the scene, do a sports style locker room interview with each player (in character). it’s 1) funny 2) focusing 3) immediately and personally characterizing
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I regret to inform everyone that doing the physical therapy exercises as instructed actually works.
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I regret to inform everyone that doing the physical therapy exercises as instructed actually works.
I got my copy of @bobbyllew.bsky.social's The Ghost Camera! Looking forward to diving in after I finish off a couple of library books (Steph Tisdell's The Skin I'm In, and Anne Bishop's Turns of Fate).
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I got my copy of @bobbyllew.bsky.social's The Ghost Camera! Looking forward to diving in after I finish off a couple of library books (Steph Tisdell's The Skin I'm In, and Anne Bishop's Turns of Fate).
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
If you count 'just apologised to the microwave for exploding food in it' as mentally well, I'm peachy keen.
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
If you count 'just apologised to the microwave for exploding food in it' as mentally well, I'm peachy keen.
Fess: Bora, are you resistant to hot?
Bora: No, I fell for you.
#FailedSave S02E08, 'The Silver Sterling pt 2'
Bora: No, I fell for you.
#FailedSave S02E08, 'The Silver Sterling pt 2'
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Fess: Bora, are you resistant to hot?
Bora: No, I fell for you.
#FailedSave S02E08, 'The Silver Sterling pt 2'
Bora: No, I fell for you.
#FailedSave S02E08, 'The Silver Sterling pt 2'
Does anyone know of email providers without AI? I was going to switch to Proton, but they've just added their new thing, Lumo AI, so I'm considering becoming a pine tree instead, because even being cut down and used for Xmas and then dying slowly on a nature strip would be preferable.
February 8, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Does anyone know of email providers without AI? I was going to switch to Proton, but they've just added their new thing, Lumo AI, so I'm considering becoming a pine tree instead, because even being cut down and used for Xmas and then dying slowly on a nature strip would be preferable.
'What we're doing is we're franchising justice. I think what we want to do is privatise justice. And I think that nothing could go wrong with that.' — Chirp, #FailedSave S02E07
February 8, 2026 at 12:39 AM
'What we're doing is we're franchising justice. I think what we want to do is privatise justice. And I think that nothing could go wrong with that.' — Chirp, #FailedSave S02E07
After two false starts and the realisation I perhaps should have begun a little further down on the fabric, I have commenced my first custom pattern cross-stitch. I have only stabbed myself in the finger with the needle once.
February 7, 2026 at 10:02 AM
After two false starts and the realisation I perhaps should have begun a little further down on the fabric, I have commenced my first custom pattern cross-stitch. I have only stabbed myself in the finger with the needle once.
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Defund the CIA and use the money to make more Muppet retellings of classic literature
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Defund the CIA and use the money to make more Muppet retellings of classic literature
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Today is Bandcamp Friday! This is a theme tune for - well, the whole mess.
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mariancall.bandcamp.com/track/conseq...
Consequence, by Marian Call
from the album Swears!
mariancall.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Today is Bandcamp Friday! This is a theme tune for - well, the whole mess.
mariancall.bandcamp.com/track/conseq...
mariancall.bandcamp.com/track/conseq...
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They should invent a good night's sleep.
February 6, 2026 at 10:34 AM
They should invent a good night's sleep.
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As someone who occasionally writes about legends of not-mine cultures, I proactively keep myself in check by reading writings about my culture from the perspective of well-meaning outsiders. Witnessing the scale of confabulation in Western "Polish folklore" books keeps me sharp.
February 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
As someone who occasionally writes about legends of not-mine cultures, I proactively keep myself in check by reading writings about my culture from the perspective of well-meaning outsiders. Witnessing the scale of confabulation in Western "Polish folklore" books keeps me sharp.
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*have been and are actively being donated. 💜
@sjtuckermusic.bsky.social
A portion of the proceeds from this song will be donated to InTRANSitive Arkansas.
www.intransitive.org
sjtucker.bandcamp.com/track/fireli...
A portion of the proceeds from this song will be donated to InTRANSitive Arkansas.
www.intransitive.org
sjtucker.bandcamp.com/track/fireli...
Firelight & Rune, by S. J. Tucker
track by S. J. Tucker
sjtucker.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
*have been and are actively being donated. 💜
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For #BandcampFriday, for MN, for all of us. sjtucker.bandcamp.com/track/the-br...
The Bridge (unmastered bandcamp exclusive), by S. J. Tucker
track by S. J. Tucker
sjtucker.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
For #BandcampFriday, for MN, for all of us. sjtucker.bandcamp.com/track/the-br...